Lincoln and Juárez never met but kept close diplomatic ties for years, likely a factor in covert U.S. help against the ...

Two of Illinois' best museums are in Springfield, according to a site that ranks the best such places in the Prairie State.

A 1868 lithograph from the Library of Congress depicts Alton's riverfront, featuring City Hall and the Chicago & Alton ...

New Salem Lincoln League President Gina Gilmore-Wolter stands outside her great-great-great-great-uncle ... “This is where President Abraham Lincoln, one of the most famous people to ever live, ...

Nearly a century after the Civil Conservation Corps reconstructed the once-thriving village of New Salem where Abraham ...

A state historic site where Abraham Lincoln spent some of his ... repair up to 23 log village buildings and update the outdoor theater at Lincoln's New Salem, about two miles south of Petersburg ...

(AP) — Before his famous debates, before the Civil War rent the nation, before he helped end slavery and before his tragic ...

In 2025, D.C. is celebrating 20 years of officially observing the holiday. A parade, festival, concert and fireworks will ...

A look at what happened April 7-12, 1861, before the firing on Fort Sumter in Charleston, South Carolina. The shots fired ...

At the production company Film4 he was instrumental in financing British movies. In New York, his goal is to attract a ...

President Abraham Lincoln moved to New Salem, Ill., a log cabin village where he would stay until 1837. Now, the re-created ...